In the situation that you need to quote a phrase or paragraph from another source, you can reference your text in the following manner:

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<pre>

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<blockquote>

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"The name of Babel, which is in Assyrian 'bab-ilani',

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or 'babilu', i.e. the Gate of God, is a Semitic

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translation of the Accadian 'Ka-dingirra-ki'; with

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the same meaning; literally: 'Gate + of God + the

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place'. The etymology of the name Babel from balbel,

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'to confound,' which is suggested both in the

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Assyrian account of the story and in Genesis,

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is one of those popular etymologic errors which

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are frequently found in ancient authors."<br />

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''&mdash;The History of the Devil and the Idea of

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Evil''<ref>Carus, Paul, Dr. ''History of the Devil

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and the Idea of Evil, The'', New York: Gramercy

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Books. ISBN 0-51715-064-6.</ref>

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</blockquote>

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</pre>

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Which would appear like this:

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<blockquote>

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"The name of Babel, which is in Assyrian 'bab-ilani', or 'babilu', i.e. the Gate of God, is a Semitic translation of the Accadian 'Ka-dingirra-ki'; with the same meaning; literally: 'Gate + of God + the place'. The etymology of the name Babel from balbel, 'to confound,' which is suggested both in the Assyrian account of the story and in Genesis, is one of those popular etymologic errors which are frequently found in ancient authors."<br />

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''&mdash;The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil''<sup>[1]</sup>

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</blockquote>

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The <code><nowiki><ref></ref></nowiki></code> tags would result in the superscript footnote reference in the text. For footnote references to be viewable, you need to ensure that this <code><nowiki><references/></nowiki></code> tag is found near the bottom of the article, preferably in a section of its own just above the <code><nowiki>[[Category:Articles]]</nowiki></code> link (that should be found in all articles in order for them to be categorised correctly in the [[:Category:Articles|Articles]] TOC).

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==== Referencing biblical text ====

For biblical text, you can use the following syntax:

For biblical text, you can use the following syntax:

For example, Revelation 1:8 would be,

For example, Revelation 1:8 would be,

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<nowiki><bible ver="kjv">Rev 1:8</bible></nowiki>

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<pre><bible ver="kjv">Rev 1:8</bible></pre>

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==== Capitalisation ====

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=== Capitalisation ===

For headings and subheadings, the first letter should always be capitalised and the rest of the characters small letters unless absolutely necessary (e.g. in the case of names)

For headings and subheadings, the first letter should always be capitalised and the rest of the characters small letters unless absolutely necessary (e.g. in the case of names)

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==== Redirection ====

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=== Redirection ===

Often, because of variations in character and object names in the games, you may need to redirect the alias links to their intended articles. To do this, you can use either a piped link or a redirect function. The following pages show you how to do it:

Often, because of variations in character and object names in the games, you may need to redirect the alias links to their intended articles. To do this, you can use either a piped link or a redirect function. The following pages show you how to do it:

Quotations

In the situation that you need to quote a phrase or paragraph from another source, you can reference your text in the following manner:

<blockquote>
"The name of Babel, which is in Assyrian 'bab-ilani',
or 'babilu', i.e. the Gate of God, is a Semitic
translation of the Accadian 'Ka-dingirra-ki'; with
the same meaning; literally: 'Gate + of God + the
place'. The etymology of the name Babel from balbel,
'to confound,' which is suggested both in the
Assyrian account of the story and in Genesis,
is one of those popular etymologic errors which
are frequently found in ancient authors."<br />
''—The History of the Devil and the Idea of
Evil''<ref>Carus, Paul, Dr. ''History of the Devil
and the Idea of Evil, The'', New York: Gramercy
Books. ISBN 0-51715-064-6.</ref>
</blockquote>

Which would appear like this:

"The name of Babel, which is in Assyrian 'bab-ilani', or 'babilu', i.e. the Gate of God, is a Semitic translation of the Accadian 'Ka-dingirra-ki'; with the same meaning; literally: 'Gate + of God + the place'. The etymology of the name Babel from balbel, 'to confound,' which is suggested both in the Assyrian account of the story and in Genesis, is one of those popular etymologic errors which are frequently found in ancient authors."—The History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil[1]

The <ref></ref> tags would result in the superscript footnote reference in the text. For footnote references to be viewable, you need to ensure that this <references/> tag is found near the bottom of the article, preferably in a section of its own just above the [[Category:Articles]] link (that should be found in all articles in order for them to be categorised correctly in the Articles TOC).

Referencing biblical text

For biblical text, you can use the following syntax:

For example, Revelation 1:8 would be,

<bible ver="kjv">Rev 1:8</bible>

Capitalisation

For headings and subheadings, the first letter should always be capitalised and the rest of the characters small letters unless absolutely necessary (e.g. in the case of names)

Redirection

Often, because of variations in character and object names in the games, you may need to redirect the alias links to their intended articles. To do this, you can use either a piped link or a redirect function. The following pages show you how to do it: